inefficient
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Synonyms & Antonyms for inefficient
Synonyms
counterproductive, feckless, hamstrung, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inexpedient
Antonyms
effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, expedient, operant, ultraefficient
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Older facilities have become notably inefficient, unsafe and unhealthy, according to one of two studies the supervisors have funded to craft a jail policy. — Matt Stiles, Los Angeles Times, "‘No more jails,’ just mental health centers. Is that a realistic policy for L.A. County?," 26 Aug. 2019 In the pre-digital age, the average person’s options for peddling unwanted items were clunky and inefficient, and their reach limited. — Marc Bain, Quartzy, "There’s never been a better time—or more need—to buy your clothes used," 16 Aug. 2019 That spike is partly because China’s domestic dairy production is so inefficient—achieving roughly half the yield of the U.S. industry. — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, "How Oatly Plans to Quench China’s Thirst for Milk," 23 July 2019 But Ferguson said the systems in place to coordinate thousands of pilots, flight attendants and planes are inefficient. — Dallas News, "American Airlines was just as much to blame for delays as mechanics and weather, pilots union says," 22 July 2019 Some growers could benefit: The current need to cultivate cannabis in individual states to serve the local market is highly inefficient. — Carol Ryan, WSJ, "Cannabis Investors Are Zoning Out About Supply," 27 June 2019 The public finance literature has long taken the view that taxing the assets wealth of the wealthy—as opposed to their income or spending— is inefficient. — Allison Schrager, Quartz, "Economists don’t agree on much, but what they do agree on is being ignored," 25 June 2019 Previously, the city considered creating a standalone transportation department, but officials decided that would be inefficient. — Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, "New Denver focus on transportation heading to voters in November," 24 June 2019 The killifish eggs featured in the study likely withstood the swans’ digestive systems because the birds’ guts are somewhat inefficient, excreting still-undigested food in order to prepare the stomach for the next meal. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "A Swan Swallowed This Fish Egg, Pooped It Out—and Then 49 Days Later, It Hatched," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inefficient.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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